I found this on tube, I believe it is originally from John Chow dot com. Though I am convinced that this has been a popular video and most of you guys have watch it, I am still hard nosed to share it. JC talked about why you should write about topics that you passionate the most in order to make money online. Enjoy the video!
Though it’s only a 4 minutes video, JC shared some valuable information about how he made money online and some logical ways to find advertisers.
I layover some blogs that were convincingly said that make money online keyphrase is not worth competing against. They give reasons like It has been saturated by tons of websites and some even said that being on top of Google ranking for this term didn’t help in expanding their money. I am not sure if that’s one of their ‘tactical strategy’ to stop others from competing for make money online keyphrase. To me, any websites that are on top of Google ranking for the term make money online can surely make tons of money, if they are to be optimize in a right way.
Here’s why you still can make money if you are on top of Google ranking for the term make money online. According to Google Keyword tool, the phrase make money online receives approximately 673,000 search volume. That’s a huge volume, imagine you are on the first page of Google SERP for this term, and 40% of those searchers click your website or blog. That’s about 269200 organic traffic, plus direct traffic and referring sites, that is going to be huge. Click on the image for a larger view.
So, the whole point is, you still can make money online if you are competing for this keyphrase. The only provision is to be higher in the ranking so that you can get a lot of traffic. Then, work on your content quality so that those organic traffic will become regular visitors and gradually, your subscribers.
How can I make money then?
Here’s what you can do when your blog has those thousands of organic traffic.
You can either use Performing ads or search for advertisers manually in forums to rent your 125×125 space.
Do more than 125×125 ads, optimize your blog at maximum level, just make sure don’t overdo it. Remember to have some space for your readers.
You can write a paid review.
Selling links - If you love Google, don’t overdo it
You can promote your affiliate links in your post.
Well, this make money online thing looks easy, but the truth is, it is not. You must be good in search engine optimization to be on top of make money online key phrase. But there is another option though, you can always use AdWords which is part of SEM to be on top of Google ranking, of course this require you to spend some dollars.
This is not a some sort of guarantee-list that if you are doing exactly the same thing on this list, you will be flooded with money. It is also not a scheme that will assure you that you’ll make $1000 in a minute, which I still think a BS. If you expect it to be like that, then sorry because it isn’t
Earning money online is the same as hard as earning offline, unless you own a scam-company. If you to start making money online, this is a bunch of things that I think you should look at and know about.
It is a good idea to start with eBay and other similar sites, as it doesn’t require a lot of technical skills to manage your own sale pages (of course you need to have this skills later on).
It is not easy tasks if you decide to make money with blogging and selling digital product. Having a strong blog (on page and off page) is extremely a must-have asset if you want to make it big. At the same time, when your blog is a big one, spot a problem, create a product (a solution) that you think most of your niche’s followers have problem with (remember to do this when you are someone in your niche). Because trust and results is a huge selling factor.
Should you want to start blogging on your own hosting (besides blogger and wordpress free account), be sure that your web hosting service provider is one of the best. Seek advices from webmasters. Find web hosting articles and web hosting reviews sites before deciding to buy one.
No one is going to tell you what is the best niche to be with. So, be wisely-selective in your niche. In SEO, this can be done through keyword analysis. Choose the high volume keywords of course, this can be a little competitive, but you can always make choice. Once you pick your “gold-phrase”, be sure that you have ultimately strong knowledge in that niche.
AdSense is the most easiest PPC ads to understand with, but to earn with them, you must be good in content writing as well as in positioning your sites all over the search engine. To be honest, I’m not doing pretty well with AdSense at the moment. Just bought the AdSense Secret from Joel Comm, and I have like hundreds of pages to read now I recommend this eBook to anyone who wants to start earning with AdSense.
There’s a lot of other sources of income online despite blogging and AdSense. Affiliates program like MarketLeverage, Pepperjam Network, ClickBank and Commision Junction are those worth-to-try-program. Socializing yourselves in forums and other blogs can help you a lot in terms of networking and get expose.
What’s your favorite method of making money online?
